Review: Ten Thousand Things' 'Spitfire Grill' crackles in minimalist staging
An ex-con helps folks in a small town imprisoned by their own stories and histories find renewed hope.
Guthrie's 'Skeleton Crew' reveals the pain and resilience of auto plant workers during the foreclosure crisis
We posed four questions to the cast and the director of the final play in Dominique Morisseau's Detroit trilogy.
Review: 'Blended Harmony' at History Theatre shines light on Minnesota's Kim Loo Sisters with style
With clever writing, catchy songs and strong performances, the ambitious Theater Mu co-production lives up to expectations.
Variety
Critics' picks: The 15 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
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New podcast spins wild tale of Minneapolis artist selling his illustrated Bible door to door
With "Birth of a Salesman," visual artist Sam Robertson and sound designer Dan Dukich capture the pain and absurdity of introducing a labor of love to an indifferent world.
Obituaries
Frank Stella, towering artist and master of reinvention, dies at 87
Stella was a dominant figure in postwar American art, closing the door on abstract expressionism and pointing the way to cool minimalism.
Stage & Arts
Native American Art curator departs Minneapolis Institute of Art
She is the second Mia curator to leave this year.
Stage & Arts
Review: 'Flex' brings hoops and dreams to life at Penumbra Theatre
At a time when Minnesotans are hoping for a championship basketball run, the St. Paul theater has a real winner.
Things To Do
Where to celebrate Star Wars Day (May the 4th) in Minneapolis and St. Paul
From stormtrooping for charity to block parties, break up the monotony of this gloomy spring with Star Wars events across the Twin Cities.
Our theater and dance critics give you their takes on what's playing — good and bad — on Twin Cities stages.
Stage & Arts
Walker Art Center debuts major exhibition by 1980s art star Keith Haring
Former Walker curator Adam Weinberg brought Haring to Minneapolis for a residency in 1984.
Variety
Jessica Lange is among the Minnesotans nominated for 2024 Tony Awards
Lange got the nod for playing the title role in Paula Vogel's "Mother Play." "Lempicka," "Suffs" and "The Who's Tommy," all with strong Minnesota ties, are also nominated.
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Critics' picks: The 14 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
'Blended Harmony' at History Theatre unearths tuneful history of the first Asians on Broadway
The Minneapolis-born Kim Loo Sisters cut a melodic path on American stages, entertaining under the lights but also in patriotic shows for troops.
Stage & Arts
Review: CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' doesn't miss a step despite actor's departure
The cast performs admirably after a lead actor left the revival two days before opening night.
Stage & Arts
Minnesota Dance Theatre ends a historic chapter with 'Spring'
The 60-plus old company, started by Loyce Houlton, is halting its dance performances after its May shows for now.
Stage & Arts
Broadway actor quits CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' 2 days before opening night
Jay Goede originated the role of Frog at the theater in 2002, and played it on Broadway the following year.
Stage & Arts
Prairie Island Indian Community requests the return of 'Mankato Hanging Rope'
The noose, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, was used to hang an ancestor of the community at Fort Snelling during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Stage & Arts
'A Year With Frog and Toad' closes a chapter at CTC
Peter Brosius readies his swan, er, swamp song, after 27 years as the artistic director with the musical that went from Minneapolis to Broadway in 2003.
Stage & Arts
Korean art at Minneapolis Institute of Art spans issues of gentrification, memory, identity
This is the first exhibition of contemporary Korean art in the United States in 15 years.
Stage & Arts
Italy halts loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art following dispute over 'Doryphoros' sculpture
In 2022, the Italian court demanded Mia return the ancient sculpture. Mia did not comply.
Stage & Arts
A Twyla Tharp world premiere is part of Northrop's 2024-25 dance season
Ragamala's riff on an Indian epic and a boxing-inspired work from Shamel Pitt are also on the upcoming roster.
Stage & Arts
Review: Artistry's 'Sound of Music' continues buoyant comeback for Bloomington playhouse
In his directorial debut, Max Wojtanowicz finds balance in the staging and physical comedy of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
Variety
Some of comedy's biggest names converge on the Twin Cities this weekend
National headliners will hit theaters, clubs and casinos throughout the metro area.
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Around the Region
- Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87
- Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication
- Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show
- Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy
- A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna
- Venice Biennale titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists
- Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women's prison
- Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist
- Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands
- 300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum
Most Read
- 6 Black art exhibitions in the Twin Cities highlight artists to know
- Board finds Guthrie Theater engaged in 'unfair labor practices' against former employee
- What would be lost if Intermedia closes? Twin Cities artists reflect
- Prairie Island Indian Community requests the return of 'Mankato Hanging Rope'
- Review: 'Flex' brings hoops and dreams to life at Penumbra Theatre
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